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TO CHARLES LEwIs SMITH AND JO CANADA.

SEPH DIXON SMITH, BOTH OF VARNA,

LETTER OR DOCUMENT FILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,056, dated November12, 1889 Application filed Pebniary 23, 1889. Serial No. 300,941. (Nomodel.) Patented in Ganada October 30, 1888, No. 30,061.

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD PHILLIPS, of the town of Mount Forest, in thecounty of WVellington, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have inventeda certain new and Inn proved Letter or Document File, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of the invention is to design a simple letter or documentfile in which letters or documents may be neatly arranged in drawersdesigned to fall out of the cabinet by their own gravity, simpleappliances being notched to receive a clamp hinged on the in-- side ofthe cabinet opposite to each drawer, suitable appliances being arrangedin connection with the drawers for holding the letters or documents inposition, and with the clamp for operating the latter, the whole beingconstructed andarranged substantially as hereinafter more particularlyexplained.

The drawing represents a perspective side section of a cabinet providedwith my improvement.

In the drawing, A represents the cabinet, 'and B shelves or supportsarranged within the cabinet so as to carry each drawer at a sufficientangle to permit of it falling, when unlocked, out of the cabinet by itsown gravity. The sides of each drawer C have notches cut in them, inwhich the hinged clamp D fits when the drawer is closed, as indicated inthe upper portion of the figure shown.

E is a chain or cord connected at one end to the back of the clamp D,and being fastened at its other end to a drum a, journaled in a bracketattached to the bottom of the shelf B. The drum a can only be operatedface of the cabinet. By turning the key I) the drum Cb-lS revolved, andthe clamp D, through the cord or chain E, is lifted out of the notchmade in the side of the drawer 0, when the said drawer will by gravityfall out of the cabinet until the hook F, projectin from itsbottom,engages with a notch formed in the shelf B, or on the front of thecabinet. A cord or strap G connects the inner end of the drawer O to theshelf 13, so as to hold the drawer at a proper angle when it has fallenout of the cabinet, as indicated by the position of the lower drawershown in the drawing. A spring H is connected to the inside of thecabinet A, and is designed to press upon the top of the clamp D, so asto hold the said clamp down in its notch when not drawn upon by the cordE.

With the View of holding the letters or documents in the drawer, Iprovide a board I, which is held in position by the spiral spring J, sothat the board may be adjusted to suit the different thicknesses of thedocuments.

What I claim as my invention is-.

1. A cabinet having letter or document drawers supported on slantingshelves arranged in the cabinet, in combination with a hinged clamparranged inside the cabinet to engage with a notch or notches made inthe side or sides of the drawer, substantially as and,for the purposespecified.

2. A cabinet having. letter or document drawers supported on slantingshelves arranged in the cabinet, in combination with a hinged clamparranged inside the cabinet to engage with a notch or notches made inthe side or sides of the drawer, and a cord attached to the hinged clampand arranged substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. A cabinet having letter or document drawers supported on slantingshelves arranged in the cabinet, in combination with the hook F on theunder side of said drawer, and cord or strap G, connected to said shelfand to the under side of said drawer, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

4. A cabinet having letter or document drawers supported on slantingshelves arranged in the cabinet, in combination with substantially asand for the purpose specia hinged clamp arranged inside the cabinetfled. to engage with a notch or notches made in Toronto, February 4,1889.

the side or sides of the drawer, a spring ar- EDVVARD PHILLIPS. rangedto act against the clamp to hold it in In presence ofthe notch, and achain or eerd attached to CHARLES C. BALDWIN,

the hinged clamp to raise the said clamp, CHAS. II. RIGHES.

